**All candidates must be currently local to the Triangle region of North Carolina, and posting may require up to 1-2 days per month in a Triangle area office for meetings.**
**Selected candidate must be comfortable using their own equipment to remote into a virtual workspace. A laptop will not be provided.**
**No computer programming/coding will be performed in this position.**
Description:
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) is seeking a SharePoint Product Specialist contractor for a 12-month engagement for the Engineering Application Services Department as an ECM Business Analyst. This person will be responsible for business analysis and solution design in support of NCDOT’s Operations and Traffic business processes that are valuable to the transportation lifecycle. This individual will define and prioritize SharePoint and web based projects delivering content management and business process support on behalf of these business units, breaking down the design into work items, tracking status, managing communication and dependencies. This individual will also perform quality assurance testing, coordinate test validation and rollout for these projects, ensuring customers are informed & trained, sufficient help & training materials are created and delivered, and that operational support is arranged. This individual should have experience with standard business analysis processes, quality assurance testing as well as experience with business process transformation. The individual must be knowledgeable and experienced with project management, product ownership and the system development life cycle. This individual must have proven SharePoint experience with designing custom Microsoft SharePoint lists, libraries & content types.
•Design SharePoint and web-based solutions to support Operations and Traffic business processes that are valuable to the transportation lifecycle
•Break down design into clearly defined, manageable work items for the development team
•Prioritize and track progress on work items and deliverables
•Ensure work items and deliverables are scheduled, completed, and delivered to the clients on time and with high quality & excellent, usable documentation.
•Document the program and project deliverables as assigned
•Coordinate with clients to implement re-engineered business processes
•Test SharePoint and web-based content management deliverables as required to support the re-engineered business processes
•Draft and deliver training materials for changed business processes and IT applications
•Consult with clients to prototype, refine, test, and debug applications and processes to meet needs
•Provide quality control for program and project deliverables
•Provide guidance to team members
Required Skills: (5+ years)
•Proven experience as a Business Analyst
•SharePoint experience with designing custom Microsoft SharePoint lists, libraries, and content types
•Designing and testing SharePoint and web-based content management solutions
•Strong analytical and conceptual skills
•Positive interpersonal skills
•Strong written and verbal communication skills, including ability to explain business processes to IT users and IT applications to business users
•Excellent organizational and presentation skills
•Strong Microsoft Suite experience (e.g., Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams)
•Proven experience evaluating business processes and re-engineering
•Proven experience writing clear and concise technical training materials and other user documentation
•Proven knowledge of application development life cycle
Preferred Skills:
•Experience as a SharePoint Business Analyst
•Experience in Quality Assurance testing
•Experience with application support
•Working knowledge of NCDOT Operations and Traffic business processes
•Understanding of NCDOT transportation life cycle business processes
•Extensive experience with designer or owner roles in SharePoint
•Experience with AGILE development methodology
•Experience with Team Foundation Server (TFS) or Azure DevOps tool suite
•Experience with Balsamiq
| Skill | Required /Desired | Amount | of Experience |
|---|---|---|---|
| Proven Experience as a Business Analyst | Required | 5 | Years |
| Proven Experience as a SharePoint Business Analyst | Highly desired | 5 | Years |
| SharePoint design experience with Microsoft SharePoint lists, libraries and content types | Required | 5 | Years |
| Designing and testing SharePoint and web-based content management solutions | Required | 5 | Years |
| Strong analytical and conceptual skills | Required | 5 | Years |
| Strong written and verbal communication skills, including ability to explain business processes to IT users and IT applications to business users | Required | 5 | Years |
| Excellent organizational and presentation skills | Required | 5 | Years |
| Microsoft Suite experience (e.g., Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams) | Required | 5 | Years |
| Proven experience evaluating business processes and re-engineering | Required | 5 | Years |
| Proven experience writing clear and concise technical training materials and user documentation | Required | 5 | Years |
| Proven knowledge of application development life cycle | Required | 5 | Years |
| Understanding of NCDOT transportation life cycle business processes | Highly desired | 2 | Years |
| Extensive experience with Microsoft SharePoint as a designer | Required | 5 | Years |
| Experience with SCRUM/Agile development methodology | Desired | 2 | Years |
| Experience with Team Foundation Server (TFS) or Azure DevOps | Desired | 2 | Years |
| No. | Question |
|---|---|
| Question1 | Absences greater than two weeks MUST be approved by CAI management in advance, and contact information must be provided to CAI so that the resource can be reached during his or her absence. The Client has the right to dismiss the resource if he or she does not return to work by the agreed upon date. Do you accept this requirement? |
| Question2 | The candidate must reside in the United States. The candidate must be comfortable using their own equipment to remote into a virtual workspace. A laptop will not be provided. Do you accept this requirement? |
| Question3 | Please list candidate’s email address. |
| Question4 | Please indicate how soon this candidate is available to start work. Vendors are encouraged to submit candidates that are available for the duration of the assignment. |
| Question5 | Vendor must disclose to the agency if the candidate will be subcontracted at the time of submission. Do you accept this requirement? |
| Question6 | Vendor must notify the agency if any portion of the requirements listed in this task order are to be outsourced to other countries. Do you accept this requirement? |
| Question7 | Candidates submitted above the rate of - will not be considered. Do you accept this requirement? |
| Question8 | Payment for all approved hours will be paid at the straight hourly rate regardless of the total hours worked by the engaged resource. It is the responsibility of the supplier to adhere to any applicable compensation laws including payment for overtime hours. Do you accept this requirement? |
| Question9 | Confirmation that you have thoroughly validated, and attest to the accuracy of, the credentials listed throughout this candidate’s VectorVMS profile and resume pursuant to Section 5.2.5 of ITS-009440 is required. Do you confirm? |
| Question10 | Candidates must be informed that this is a SharePoint Business Analyst/Quality Assurance role. This is not a SharePoint Developer/Admin role. Do you accept this requirement? |
| Question11 | Candidates must be currently local to the Triangle region of North Carolina, and posting may require up to 1-2 days per month in a Triangle area office for meetings. Please list where you candidate is currently located. |